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why are we not seeing at least one person with the courage of a john mccain in this race? >> yeah, i remember when john mccain said that, and i was very happy that he said that because i think politics doesn't have to be so personal. we make it so much because it's so important to us, but at the end of the day, we should say, look, the president's a good man. i think he's raised an incredibly nice family. i think about how he talks about his daughters, and that's exciting. i hope someday, if i'm lucky to have daughters like that, i hope i have a good family like that. and talk about the issues. that's the key. and i hope that bob is wrong about our party. i don't see it that way. i think our party has not gone in that direction, but that's not how you win elections, that's how you lose elections. i've seen some of our candidates stand up and say -- i've heard mitt romney and rick santorum say, i believe president obama is a good man, but here's where i disagree. i've heard newt gingrich say that. i think you get more people to agree with you long term if you start out with
why are we not seeing at least one person with the courage of a john mccain in this race? >> yeah, i remember when john mccain said that, and i was very happy that he said that because i think politics doesn't have to be so personal. we make it so much because it's so important to us, but at the end of the day, we should say, look, the president's a good man. i think he's raised an incredibly nice family. i think about how he talks about his daughters, and that's exciting. i hope someday,...
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it links him again to jeremiah wright, and to "let us do what john mccain would not let us do in 2008." the plan saying they should hire an extremely literate african-american to attack him. it wants to hit bral brock right behind the eyes. it would list a team of pirates qualified to carry out the mission. it's a shocking document. millions read it in print and online or heard about it on tv. yet by 10:57 this morning, the gop nom knee didn't know anything about it. >> looks like breakfast is served. >> sir, have you seen the report in the times this morning. >> governor, do you think reverend wright is off limits in this campaign? >> get a copy of the times. >> we have a copy you can borrow. >> apparently someone got a copy of the paper too, romney. a few hours later he came out to say he condemned the attack. >> i read the article on the aircraft. i want to make it clear that i reputuate that effort. i think it's the wrong course for a pack or campaign. >> you repudiate it? just two months ago you seemed happy to use exactly this kind of attack. >> i think the president takes his p
it links him again to jeremiah wright, and to "let us do what john mccain would not let us do in 2008." the plan saying they should hire an extremely literate african-american to attack him. it wants to hit bral brock right behind the eyes. it would list a team of pirates qualified to carry out the mission. it's a shocking document. millions read it in print and online or heard about it on tv. yet by 10:57 this morning, the gop nom knee didn't know anything about it. >> looks...
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it would be john edwards in the abiys abyss. he took a giant risk taking this to trial and he is walking away the victor. >> a lot of people down in north carolina and around the country said they think as he said, he committed grave sins, dispterri acts, but they think it was politically charged trial. the u.s. attorney that brought it was a gop appointee of george bush, he stayed on under the obama administration to get the case to trial, then he retired a month after securing indictments for edwards and ran for congress. a lot of people think this should not have been in court in the first place even though they were outraged in the actions that mr. edwards participated in. >> there's real basis for that. this crossed administrations, but for the prosecutors to bring a criminal case when the federal election commission did not see a civil violation raised a serious question. this is like no case ever brought before. this was not edwards selling an ambassador seat. he had to show he had criminal intent. they could not get a co
it would be john edwards in the abiys abyss. he took a giant risk taking this to trial and he is walking away the victor. >> a lot of people down in north carolina and around the country said they think as he said, he committed grave sins, dispterri acts, but they think it was politically charged trial. the u.s. attorney that brought it was a gop appointee of george bush, he stayed on under the obama administration to get the case to trial, then he retired a month after securing...
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the tea party republicans under john boehner passed a repeal of the health care law, and they had nothing. remember, they used to say repeal and replace? they had nothing to replace it with. they are on record already as saying we don't want any of this, and then when you hear the arguments, as you just played them, of the supreme court, 16 million people will be covered by the expansion of medicaid, which is not connected to the individual mandate. so there you have people like scalia and clemont arguing against this who are saying it will just be a shell. it won't be a shell for those 16 million people. again and again and again, the republicans have had their answers, as the congressman said, to tell us what replacement would need. they're not serious about replacing. >> no, but congressman, it's this kind of your way, or you're on your own mentality. when i heard what willard mitt romney said last night on jay leno, it reminded me of that mentality of you're on your own when the gop had the debate -- remember this moment back in september in the debate when it came up about people cou
the tea party republicans under john boehner passed a repeal of the health care law, and they had nothing. remember, they used to say repeal and replace? they had nothing to replace it with. they are on record already as saying we don't want any of this, and then when you hear the arguments, as you just played them, of the supreme court, 16 million people will be covered by the expansion of medicaid, which is not connected to the individual mandate. so there you have people like scalia and...
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joining me now is john weissman, he saw firsthand the devastation that bain capital caused in kansas city. he worked for armco steel which bain purchased in 1993. they changed the name to gs technologies. in 2001 when john was working as the representative for the united steel workers union, they were forced to file for bankruptcy protection. they shut their doors and fired 750 workers in the process, but bain walked away with a cool $12 million profit and left the government holding the bag to pay the pension plans of $44 million. thank you for being here. >> nose in your opinions are stunning, but they don't tell the story of the human cost of what happened at gst, what happened to the people working there? >> there were 750 people who immediately had their lives turned upside down. and their entire families along with them. and the entire community in fact. it still has not recovered. when the plant closed down and they filed the bankruptcy, the people lost their health insurance, the retiree health insurance, not only to folks still working there, but we had a lot that worked at
joining me now is john weissman, he saw firsthand the devastation that bain capital caused in kansas city. he worked for armco steel which bain purchased in 1993. they changed the name to gs technologies. in 2001 when john was working as the representative for the united steel workers union, they were forced to file for bankruptcy protection. they shut their doors and fired 750 workers in the process, but bain walked away with a cool $12 million profit and left the government holding the bag to...
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joining me now is tim padowitz, and john j. do.or your time tonight. first, let's go to the investigators. eugene, prosecutors are on the seen now. what are they doing right now do you think? >> it's very rudimentary police work that hopefully happened the first night, but in this case there's no way to say it did. this is called a canvas, and it's the most elementary policing. it's so important in a case like this, because when a picture is is emerging that this shooting was unjustified, you don't want someone to come forward in the 11th hour, so one hopes they did this the night it happened. >> so you're saying what special prosecutors did now is what what the prosecutor and police should have done the night of the shooting? >> yes, this is a homicide, not an auto theft. this is the most serious business the police have, and this is the most basic approach, and this is ageing old. long before csi, long before the labs. this is what policing was. knocking on doors and talking to the community, trying to coax and conjol people. >> we had the fbi out th
joining me now is tim padowitz, and john j. do.or your time tonight. first, let's go to the investigators. eugene, prosecutors are on the seen now. what are they doing right now do you think? >> it's very rudimentary police work that hopefully happened the first night, but in this case there's no way to say it did. this is called a canvas, and it's the most elementary policing. it's so important in a case like this, because when a picture is is emerging that this shooting was unjustified,...
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in february john mccain was 37% enthuse yas tick. when your enthusiasm is that low in your base, he's trying to get his base up, but at the same time having to watch out for independents, he has a real, real delicate balance and a hard way to go. >> he does, but i think i want to put a little context here. the one thing that republicans are united about is beating barack obama. the democrats would probably be more enthusiastic if they were voting against a newt gingrich or rick santorum. in that case for democrats, he is a big dangerous. >> bob franklin and erin mcpike, thank you for your time and both of you have a great weekend. still ahead, there would be a big chance, and a big change in the george zimmerman case. some develop wants out of florida today. [ male announcer ] capri sun has 25% less sugar than leading regular juice drinks. because less sugar is a better way to fly. ♪ just not literally. capri sun. respect what's in the pouch. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, shoots a three, game
in february john mccain was 37% enthuse yas tick. when your enthusiasm is that low in your base, he's trying to get his base up, but at the same time having to watch out for independents, he has a real, real delicate balance and a hard way to go. >> he does, but i think i want to put a little context here. the one thing that republicans are united about is beating barack obama. the democrats would probably be more enthusiastic if they were voting against a newt gingrich or rick santorum....
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if this was the only way john roberts could find himself in the same bench with four liberals, that's what we'll go with. >> let me move to another subject when i have you, neera. the right wing seems to have really gone over the weekend since the vote after the supreme court justice john roberts. when you look at the excerpts of the chief jus roberts decision, look at the a bst news report. john roberts initially sided with the supreme court justices but later formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law. now, is this part of the whole trying to defame the supreme court justice for voting another way and try to act like there's something going on here? i mean, what is the point of this kind of report as well as the attacks we're seeing now on john roberts from the right? >> you know, i think this is really damaging on two levels. first, it is really outside the mainstream, extraordinary for conservatives, justices to be leaking internal deliberations to a conservative media person. jan crawford a z a good relationship with a conservative. she wrote a book on thomas.
if this was the only way john roberts could find himself in the same bench with four liberals, that's what we'll go with. >> let me move to another subject when i have you, neera. the right wing seems to have really gone over the weekend since the vote after the supreme court justice john roberts. when you look at the excerpts of the chief jus roberts decision, look at the a bst news report. john roberts initially sided with the supreme court justices but later formed an alliance with...
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on the board is one john patronis. his cousin is jimmy patronis in florida's legislature. he also happens to be a.l.e.c.'s legislator down here. he finds what's on the agenda to push across the country. and you can see these relationships have been pretty deep for quite some time down here. >> now, lisa, you and others are fighting and many of us in the civil rights community including me have asked corporations to look at what a.l.e.c. has done here. they've had stand your ground as a model bill which quote, based upon florida legislation enacted april 16, 2005. so when we say a model bill, they actually took this bill around the country as the template for other states to really duplicate this and pass legislation. >> that's right. a.l.e.c. is a group that calls itself the largest group of independent legislators in the country. 98% of funding comes from corporations and foundations. and when that bill came to a.l.e.c. in 2005 after it passed the florida legislature, the nra brought that bill to a closed door meeting in grapevine, texas, where that meeting was cochaired
on the board is one john patronis. his cousin is jimmy patronis in florida's legislature. he also happens to be a.l.e.c.'s legislator down here. he finds what's on the agenda to push across the country. and you can see these relationships have been pretty deep for quite some time down here. >> now, lisa, you and others are fighting and many of us in the civil rights community including me have asked corporations to look at what a.l.e.c. has done here. they've had stand your ground as a...
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and john saults. he wrote a piece on think progress.org titled why does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 ohio veterans. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me start with you. explain to our viewers what romney is claiming here. >> well, what he's saying is that he's actually twisting the truth. because in ohio the accomplishment have denied early voting the last three -- that means our senior citizens, the spouses of those in the military won't be able to vote. the important weekend before election day. and what he's saying is because the obama administration is now taking that case to court, that ruling to court, that they're against veterans. but what the obama administration is for and the obama campaign is for, is for voting rights for all ohioans to vote the weekend before election. why deny them that right? >> including the military, those that are active in the military. so it's not against them. it would include them, but they're saying
and john saults. he wrote a piece on think progress.org titled why does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 ohio veterans. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me start with you. explain to our viewers what romney is claiming here. >> well, what he's saying is that he's actually twisting the truth. because in ohio the accomplishment have denied early voting the last three -- that means our senior citizens, the spouses of...
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the adds in 2004 attacked john kerry for his service in vietnam. now the right may be trying to do the same thing against president obama. joining me now is chris hayes, and jonathan capehart. let me start with you. are you surprised they may try to swift boat the president on one of his greatest achievements. >> no, this is essentially how they operate, and i think this seems amateurish compared to the swift boat ad. this is a much more removed and abstract argument that he handled it afterwards poorly, but the fact that he was dead, killed by american special forces troops are established, and what people do with that information what they are, and that's going to dominate or overwhelm any attempts to spin it. >> jonathan, i facts are certainly different, and clearly their trying to go beyond the facts because they need to do this in order to win. i mean, when you hear the ads saying the navy seals will never get a parade or know their name, that's part of the understanding of being in the navy seals. to act like the president is not giving them
the adds in 2004 attacked john kerry for his service in vietnam. now the right may be trying to do the same thing against president obama. joining me now is chris hayes, and jonathan capehart. let me start with you. are you surprised they may try to swift boat the president on one of his greatest achievements. >> no, this is essentially how they operate, and i think this seems amateurish compared to the swift boat ad. this is a much more removed and abstract argument that he handled it...
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john calls the move "a disgrace" and so obviously voter suppression. bash ra says "we will remember this here in ohio when it's time for his reeek electric. >>> our facebook family was also wishing first dog bo obama a happy fourth birth day. judi says -- nothing like a loving dog to make your day. teresa says -- that's right. the dog rides inside the car. >>> we want to hear what you think, too. head over to facebook and search politics nation, and like us to join the conversation that keeps going long after the show ends. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are more people taking more medication, so we see people suffering from dry mouth more so. we may see more cavities, bad breath, oral irritation. a dry mouth sufferer doesn't have to suffer. i would recommend biotene. the enzymes in biotene products help supplement enzymes that
john calls the move "a disgrace" and so obviously voter suppression. bash ra says "we will remember this here in ohio when it's time for his reeek electric. >>> our facebook family was also wishing first dog bo obama a happy fourth birth day. judi says -- nothing like a loving dog to make your day. teresa says -- that's right. the dog rides inside the car. >>> we want to hear what you think, too. head over to facebook and search politics nation, and like us to...
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problem with them, sadly, and have for quite a few years, president obama brought more of them back then john kerry did. he has a uphill battle. he will not carry that demographic, but this says look at this guy who pretends to care about you. this is his job experience, this is what he brings, this is the mind-set that he brings to "fixes the economy." he did not fix it for these steel workers that gave their lives to that steel mill. here they are talking in their own words about what governor romney did to them. >> very interesting, joan, because the washington post had a poll on how candidates are doing with noncollege white voters. and mitt romney was ahead of the president 61 to 31. so you're saying these ads speak directly to that type of voter? >> yes, and in the voices of that type of voter. it's not you or me talking about what president or machinery has done, it's these voters telling them what happened in their own lives, i think it's a very, very powerful add for that reason. >> mitt romney released an ad claiming he created jobs at the steel plant, let me show you that. >> steel
problem with them, sadly, and have for quite a few years, president obama brought more of them back then john kerry did. he has a uphill battle. he will not carry that demographic, but this says look at this guy who pretends to care about you. this is his job experience, this is what he brings, this is the mind-set that he brings to "fixes the economy." he did not fix it for these steel workers that gave their lives to that steel mill. here they are talking in their own words about...
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you know, it's sort of the john terry situation. and that can have a really powerful effect on the polls. >> how can he turn it around? is there a way to make himself less of a target for this? >> yeah, absolutely. what the republican national convention has to do is come up with a serum that they can give him like they gave to the nutty professor to turn him into buddy love. because that's really the only thing that's going to help him. he can't -- the problem is he's unaware. like george bush made gaffes, but you could see him make a gaffe and like, i can't believe i said that. he was aware. >> sort of laugh along with you. >> fool me once, shame on you. fool me twiens, hey we won't get fooled again. you know? and he kind of knew what he was doing. whereas romney is completely unaware. my favorite clip you guys played is where he's with these young african-american women and he's so uncomfortable it's who let the dogs out. that's his identification with black people? who let the dogs out? seriously? he may as well said you guys go
you know, it's sort of the john terry situation. and that can have a really powerful effect on the polls. >> how can he turn it around? is there a way to make himself less of a target for this? >> yeah, absolutely. what the republican national convention has to do is come up with a serum that they can give him like they gave to the nutty professor to turn him into buddy love. because that's really the only thing that's going to help him. he can't -- the problem is he's unaware. like...
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john f. kennedy met nixon who he barely beat. president obama, as he does with everything, is showing a lot of grace and you shake hands after you lose and then life will move on but it's good to have the photo op. >> james, the president actually said on election night in his speech, let's put our differences in the past. watch this. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect -- >> as cynical as the pundits believe, we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america and together with your help and's grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. thank you, america. >> is the president, james, by having the lunch tomorrow that he said he would do, is he continuing to try to set a new tone, a higher tone in america or is it just the traditional photo op of two ex rivals? >> rev, i think the optics are important. historicall
john f. kennedy met nixon who he barely beat. president obama, as he does with everything, is showing a lot of grace and you shake hands after you lose and then life will move on but it's good to have the photo op. >> james, the president actually said on election night in his speech, let's put our differences in the past. watch this. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect -- >> as cynical as the pundits believe, we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions...
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if the margins are like the margins that john mccain faced, then you have to make it up somewhere else or you will lose. right now mitt romney will lose if he is 13 or 14 points down for women. i think it's funny to see the politics play out. the democrats have very deftly used the issue. absolutely, war on women, the theatrical, but for the republicans to whine about this is hilarious. you picked the policy fights, and now you're complaining. >> they put them on the table. >> melissa, anything you can think of as a woman and a strong perm on women's issues, is there anything you think willard can do to repair some of the damage with rim voters. >> you see him trying to actively do it, and they are going to put his wife up front to try and reintroduce willard mitt romney to the american people. he has to quit saying ann tells me what ladies want -- they have to be serious about how they do it, but she will introduce herself as a breast cancer survivor, raising children with him, and it will be about putting a woman's voice -- and my bet is the there will be a republican woman vice pres
if the margins are like the margins that john mccain faced, then you have to make it up somewhere else or you will lose. right now mitt romney will lose if he is 13 or 14 points down for women. i think it's funny to see the politics play out. the democrats have very deftly used the issue. absolutely, war on women, the theatrical, but for the republicans to whine about this is hilarious. you picked the policy fights, and now you're complaining. >> they put them on the table. >>...
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but, speaker john boehner is sticking to his talking points; at least publically. he's refusing to budge. >> the longer the white house slow walks this discussion, the pa closer we get to this year's fiscal close. >> boehner can blame the president all he wants. the reality is americans want to compromise. a new nbc wall street journal shows 65% want both sides to come together and make a deal. but that's not what's been happening in these talks. president obama made his opening offer, the republicans responded. the president then came back with a counter offer that included some concessions, so far so good. that's how negotiations work. but, then, republicans went the other way. they came back with an offer that was even more out of bounds than the first one. nbc news reports boehner now wants to make the bush tax cuts for the rich permanent. what's he thinking? we're going in the wrong direction in this country when it comes to economic fairness. incomes for the top 20% in this country are now eight times greater than the incomes for the bottom 20%. this inequali
but, speaker john boehner is sticking to his talking points; at least publically. he's refusing to budge. >> the longer the white house slow walks this discussion, the pa closer we get to this year's fiscal close. >> boehner can blame the president all he wants. the reality is americans want to compromise. a new nbc wall street journal shows 65% want both sides to come together and make a deal. but that's not what's been happening in these talks. president obama made his opening...
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he embraced as his model his greatest predecessor john marshall. marshall succeeded because he was able to persuade justices from different sides of the litical aisle to converge around narrow decisions that avoided to confront the president. and i don't know if this decision ranks with marbury versus madison, but it uses creative legal arguments to give the president what he wants but in the process to shore up legitimacy in a way to make it easier for roberts to take the court in a more conservative direction in the future. >> jeff, as you may suspect i'm no big fan of justice roberts. but today republicans were slamming him. let me show you already after this decision today we hear republicans saying quote, i thought he was the champion of limited government said representative joe wilson. the congressman who famously yelled you lie during president obama's 2009 speech before congress. senator jeffç sessions says he was supposed by roberts. and uneasy about the court's interpretation. and senator david vetter was stunned and shocked. how much
he embraced as his model his greatest predecessor john marshall. marshall succeeded because he was able to persuade justices from different sides of the litical aisle to converge around narrow decisions that avoided to confront the president. and i don't know if this decision ranks with marbury versus madison, but it uses creative legal arguments to give the president what he wants but in the process to shore up legitimacy in a way to make it easier for roberts to take the court in a more...
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and i remember the infamous john kerry photo. and the problem that mitt romney really has is that it really does play into the narrative that he is out of touch. and also the hypocrisy for him to come out and attack president obama's vacation while he's on this ritzy vacation. this is a problem he's had time and time again. his own hypocrisy. and just that feeling that he's completely out of touch and doesn't really understand how these kinds of programs effect americans when we talk about the economy. what it's like to get on a bus for your vacation, not strap your dog to the top of the car and all that or go jet skiing. it's just -- you know, that's the problem. it plays into the narrative that already feels -- i think this is what republicans were complaining about. that already people believe he's out of touch. so why continue to reinforce that narrative? >> now, i was -- i ran in the 2004 race and then worked with bob when he supported john kerry, so i remember this p hypocrisy goes back further. look at this in 2004 what he
and i remember the infamous john kerry photo. and the problem that mitt romney really has is that it really does play into the narrative that he is out of touch. and also the hypocrisy for him to come out and attack president obama's vacation while he's on this ritzy vacation. this is a problem he's had time and time again. his own hypocrisy. and just that feeling that he's completely out of touch and doesn't really understand how these kinds of programs effect americans when we talk about the...
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if you look at the cross-section of america today, there's many in the country who think that little john me march is off to school and roots on a football team for four years. and here's the reality. over 70% of people don't have that opportunity. they have families, jobs, they might be in their 30s or 40s. life got in the way along the journey and you have to make education ap cable to them. that's the majority of americans. that's what we've been focused on for 40 years. we need to come together and bring education to the jobs of today. we'll close this gap if we do this. >> a lot is spending. when you look at the household education on spending, asian countries spent 15% on supplemental education, things like tutoring. u.s. only spent 2%. >> correct. yeah. and that's an issue today. you can look at whether it's south korea, various countries in asia or other areas of the world. look at what is happening in brazil and india. countries are starting to spend more of their income, their household family income on education. let me give you an interesting statistic. >> all right. >> from 1
if you look at the cross-section of america today, there's many in the country who think that little john me march is off to school and roots on a football team for four years. and here's the reality. over 70% of people don't have that opportunity. they have families, jobs, they might be in their 30s or 40s. life got in the way along the journey and you have to make education ap cable to them. that's the majority of americans. that's what we've been focused on for 40 years. we need to come...
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affordable health care act when it went before the court and people were stunned, i among them, when john roberts voted and you write in the book and i want to read, this is out of the book, quote, by demanding that roberts kill our entire health care law, the four conservative justices prompted them to look for some kind of middle ground. roberts felt obligated to protect the institutional interests of the court, not just his own philosophical agenda. now, doing that, he uncost merrily went against the conservatives, members of the court. >> he certainly did and count me among those who are shocked and predicted wrongly. justice sees himself as the chief justice, as the embodiment of the court and after citizens united, after bush v. gore to do it a third time in a relatively short period of time would have damaged the court and romney found that middle ground under the taxing power of congress and he upheld the law but don't think that john roberts has suddenly. >> a mentor of mine said, be when he said that, he did not find it, they had the right to deal with interstate commerce. >> ri
affordable health care act when it went before the court and people were stunned, i among them, when john roberts voted and you write in the book and i want to read, this is out of the book, quote, by demanding that roberts kill our entire health care law, the four conservative justices prompted them to look for some kind of middle ground. roberts felt obligated to protect the institutional interests of the court, not just his own philosophical agenda. now, doing that, he uncost merrily went...
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>> debates are a chance, as we saw with john kerry, admittedly a formidable debater, but when john kerry first had that exchange with george w. bush, he moved in the polls pretty significantly. and the race where he had been lagging, he really managed to bring up to a great degree. mitt romney, there are low expectations of him at this point. if you listen to how everyone is talking about him, you think he couldn't tie his own shoelaces. he actually debated pretty with in the primaries. and presidents don't look quite so presidential when they're up against a challenger. challengers tend to look better when they're on stage with the president. so this is going to even up some. it's not going to go in one direction. there's still some time for mitt romney to even it up. the question is, how far behind is he when he enters that first debate. >> the problem with this celinda is that on the issues, no matter how he survived the debates, he's -- i mean, the issues that people are not with him. other than the deficit, he's losing in it every key area on the issues. >> and the most key thing is
>> debates are a chance, as we saw with john kerry, admittedly a formidable debater, but when john kerry first had that exchange with george w. bush, he moved in the polls pretty significantly. and the race where he had been lagging, he really managed to bring up to a great degree. mitt romney, there are low expectations of him at this point. if you listen to how everyone is talking about him, you think he couldn't tie his own shoelaces. he actually debated pretty with in the primaries....
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a vote by bush-appointed chief justice john roberts. and we'll with talk about presidents who have for a hundred years tried to bring health care to all americans. now barack obama has done it. we'll speak to two members of congress in just a moment for their reaction. but i want to begin with what happened inside the supreme court today. joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university and legal editor of "the new republic" and ian millhiser. he was inside the courtroom today. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> jeff, let me start with you. jeff rosen. the chief justice said the law's individual mandate was constitutional. he wrote quote, the law's requirement that individuals pay a penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. because the constitution permits such a çtax, it is not our rol to forbid it. was that the sentence that saved the health care law? >> that is absolutely the sentence that saved the health care law. lots of people have been focusing on
a vote by bush-appointed chief justice john roberts. and we'll with talk about presidents who have for a hundred years tried to bring health care to all americans. now barack obama has done it. we'll speak to two members of congress in just a moment for their reaction. but i want to begin with what happened inside the supreme court today. joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university and legal editor of "the new republic" and ian millhiser. he was...
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listen to the romney surrogate, john kasich, what he had to say. >> i think god created pollsters to make astroll gers look accurate. the romney internal polling shows that we are still slightly ahead. >> so here you have the governor of ohio saying the pollsters are wrong, their internal polls show that they are slightly ahead. are they spinning? is he in denial? >> then you hear people -- i believe it was karl rove -- who has already spined a narrative that it was hurricane sandy that may have shifted if he loses. so they are beginning to create a conversation about what if romney loses, which to me is in direct contradiction to what they say their internal polls are saying. >> well, it will be an interesting night. we'll be here at 6:00 tomorrow. we'll be here all night long. catherine crier, dana milbank, michelle cottle, thank you for being here tonight. >>> out ranl jous lines in ohio and florida are not an accident, they are part of a deliberate attempt to depress the vote and democrats are fighting back. >>> plus, new ugly attacks in the final hour of the campaign. now republ
listen to the romney surrogate, john kasich, what he had to say. >> i think god created pollsters to make astroll gers look accurate. the romney internal polling shows that we are still slightly ahead. >> so here you have the governor of ohio saying the pollsters are wrong, their internal polls show that they are slightly ahead. are they spinning? is he in denial? >> then you hear people -- i believe it was karl rove -- who has already spined a narrative that it was hurricane...
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bush and john mccain. thanks to both of you for being here. >> happy to be here. >> bob, let me start with you. is donald trump's endorsement a blessing to mitt romney or a curse that will damage him even more politically? >> well, the polling data shows it's even in republican primaries a net negative. but he wasn't going to turn it down. those guys look so stiff standing there together. and the one thing i would say is that this is not a trump card to fix romney's problem which is through a series of gaffes and statements and some attacks by his rivals. he looks increasingly like the face of unfairness in america. he looks out of touch and insensitive and callous. and i contrast this with the bush campaign in 2000 which mark was very involved in where the frustration of those of us who were working for al gore but very effectively for bush, he was identifying himself as a compassionate conservative. he was talking about the struggles of the waitress making $22,000 a year. somehow or other, they are going
bush and john mccain. thanks to both of you for being here. >> happy to be here. >> bob, let me start with you. is donald trump's endorsement a blessing to mitt romney or a curse that will damage him even more politically? >> well, the polling data shows it's even in republican primaries a net negative. but he wasn't going to turn it down. those guys look so stiff standing there together. and the one thing i would say is that this is not a trump card to fix romney's problem...
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ral john mccain called ralph reed and people like him agents of intolerance. and he had it right. there's a scum bottom-dwelling creature here that has been part of american politics a long time. always on the wrong side. always on the side of the ho homophobes, the hate mongers. he comes up again like when you're car sick. if the ivevangelicals that go f him, bad for them. most know who he is and they will not be swayed by his hate-mongering and asking if obama is worse than hitler. they've seen all this before. it's getting old. he's a loser. he lost for every single person he's worked for recently except for george w. bush, who then got us into a war we didn't need and spent $4 trillion. so much for the track record. you know, forget ralph reed. he's just a hate monger and he's doing it again and it's always for money, as we found with the abramoff scandal. like you said, you might as well bring bernie madoff out of republican to raise money for the republicans. it would make just as much sense. >> richard, beyond ralph reed, there's a hateful campaign going, full of things tha
ral john mccain called ralph reed and people like him agents of intolerance. and he had it right. there's a scum bottom-dwelling creature here that has been part of american politics a long time. always on the wrong side. always on the side of the ho homophobes, the hate mongers. he comes up again like when you're car sick. if the ivevangelicals that go f him, bad for them. most know who he is and they will not be swayed by his hate-mongering and asking if obama is worse than hitler. they've...
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you'll recall in 2008 john mccain selected a running mate to appeal to his base. we know how that turned out. i think mitt romney has found himself in a similar circumstance. >> you mentioned values. let's talk about voters. when you look at polling by pew, the question was raised what matters most to you when you decide your vote. jobs, 35%. budget deficit, 23%. health care, 19%. would these concerns, the major concerns of voters, how does a ryan pick play against you and the party of the democratic party? >> well, the ryan pick actually does not address any of those issues. if anything, it doubles down on the kinds of aggressive policies we had in the prior administration that wrecked our economy and got us to the deficit in the first place. romney and ryan are advancing a budget that basically slashes benefits for our seniors and for our young people. he would basically increase the budget deficit by $4.5 trillion by cutting the tax for the highest earners of this country from 35% to 25%. and in mitt romney's instance, to 1%. how does that help the deficit bust
you'll recall in 2008 john mccain selected a running mate to appeal to his base. we know how that turned out. i think mitt romney has found himself in a similar circumstance. >> you mentioned values. let's talk about voters. when you look at polling by pew, the question was raised what matters most to you when you decide your vote. jobs, 35%. budget deficit, 23%. health care, 19%. would these concerns, the major concerns of voters, how does a ryan pick play against you and the party of...
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now john mccain, to his credit, became one of the few republicans willing to criticize rush. let me show you what he said. >> the statements were unacceptable in every way, and should be condemned by everyone no matter what their political leanings are. >> and then to my notice, george will who is a staple in the republican thinkers and writers in this country, he took on rush. let's listen to what he said. >> mr. boehner comes out and says, rush's language was inappropriate. using the salad fork for your entry, that's inappropriate. and rick santorum says, well, what he said was absurd but an entertainer is allowed to be absurd. and it was depressing because what it indicates is that the republican leaders are afraid of rush limbaugh. they want to bomb iran but they are afraid of rush limbaugh. >> laura, so as george will says, inappropriate is using the wrong salad fork. he challenged the republican leadership and said what they were saying wasn't strong enough. what is the politics of this, laura? are they afraid of rush? >> i think they are afraid of rush. they've been so
now john mccain, to his credit, became one of the few republicans willing to criticize rush. let me show you what he said. >> the statements were unacceptable in every way, and should be condemned by everyone no matter what their political leanings are. >> and then to my notice, george will who is a staple in the republican thinkers and writers in this country, he took on rush. let's listen to what he said. >> mr. boehner comes out and says, rush's language was inappropriate....
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confirmation hearings back in 2006, chief justice john roberts had an admirable vision for the top judge. >> judges are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules. they apply them. i will remember that it is my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat. chief justice should have as a top priority is to try to bring about a greater degree of coherence and consensus in the opinions of the court. >> sadly under chief justice roberts, the court has gotten more divided. nearly a quarter of all cases have been decided by 5-4 votes. 6% increase from the previous courts date back to 1946. at the same time, the court's conservative justices have grown more and more outspokenly political. yesterday antonio scalia took a detour from his dissent in the arizona immigration law to criticize president obama for his unrelated decision. not to deport young immigrants. scalia said the founding fathers would have, quote, rushed to the exits after hearing the president's new immigration policies. scalia is not alone. remember justice samuel alito disagreeing when president obama correctly predic
confirmation hearings back in 2006, chief justice john roberts had an admirable vision for the top judge. >> judges are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules. they apply them. i will remember that it is my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat. chief justice should have as a top priority is to try to bring about a greater degree of coherence and consensus in the opinions of the court. >> sadly under chief justice roberts, the court has gotten more divided....
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and it's higher than president obama's 2008 margin of victory over john mccain. the 2012 race between mitt romney and president obama is even tighter. which means this voter i.d. law could make a big difference. and that's the point. a point a pennsylvania republican already admitted. >> voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> joining me now is jim burn, chairman of the pennsylvania's democratic party. thanks for your time tonight, mr. chairman. >> good evening, reverend. thank you for the opportunity. >> last week the governor pledged to make sure all voters are aware of the new law. do you trust a romney fund raiser to get the word out? >> no, i do not. we've known all along here in the democratic party that this was a sham. we've caught the republicans, governor corbett and mr. turzai in three lies so far. number one, there's a voter fraud problem in pennsylvania. when governor corbett was attorney general, he prosecuted zero cases of voter fraud. >> how many? >> zero. zero. >> he -- the present governor wa
and it's higher than president obama's 2008 margin of victory over john mccain. the 2012 race between mitt romney and president obama is even tighter. which means this voter i.d. law could make a big difference. and that's the point. a point a pennsylvania republican already admitted. >> voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> joining me now is jim burn, chairman of the pennsylvania's democratic party. thanks for your time...